Old-Fashioned Coasting Contest
10-23-06, 04:16 PM
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Old-Fashioned Coasting Contest
While doing research for a paper on Time's portrayal of community college and careerism from 1990-2005, I decided to take a small break and found this PDF scan of a NYT article from 1903.
I had no idea that "fixed gear" was such an old term. Sweet.
I had no idea that "fixed gear" was such an old term. Sweet.
10-23-06, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Doctor Who
While doing research for a paper on Time's portrayal of community college and careerism from 1990-2005, I decided to take a small break and found this PDF scan of a NYT article from 1903.
I had no idea that "fixed gear" was such an old term. Sweet.
I had no idea that "fixed gear" was such an old term. Sweet.
10-23-06, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Doctor Who
I had no idea that "fixed gear" was such an old term. Sweet.
10-23-06, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ryand
(there used to be no such thing as a freewheel)
10-24-06, 05:51 AM
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Take your feet off the pedals.
10-24-06, 05:57 AM
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Originally Posted by ryand
(there used to be no such thing as a freewheel)
10-24-06, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by ryand
(there used to be no such thing as a freewheel)
i thought that was a funny.
man, they were on "one hundred and eighty first street"....that's alot of streets, lol.
10-24-06, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by piwonka
yeah on sheldon browns myspace page i saw someone left a comment saying "thanks so much for inventing the fixed gear."
i thought that was a funny.
i thought that was a funny.
Myspace seems pretty lame, but the price is right...
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10-24-06, 10:33 AM
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so i dont understand the limiting factor here. a 4% downhill grade should be enough to coast forever, or at least until you run out of 4% downhill grade. what gives?
10-24-06, 11:12 AM
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that might be the start and then it goes to level ground?
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Originally Posted by Sheldon Brown
Me too! ;-)
Myspace seems pretty lame, but the price is right...
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Myspace seems pretty lame, but the price is right...
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10-24-06, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by dirtyphotons
so i dont understand the limiting factor here. a 4% downhill grade should be enough to coast forever, or at least until you run out of 4% downhill grade. what gives?
